Chapter 11 and 12 quiz

The United States had a shortage of manufactured goods in 1812 because

• the government limited manufactoring

• the country was at war with France

• British ships blockaded eastern seaports

• factory workers went on strike

Samuel F. B. Morse perfected a device that could

• attract more workers to factories

• increase crop production

• make cotton thread cheaper

• send messages over long distances

Most American textile mills were located in the Northeast because this region had

• lower business taxes

• many rivers and streams

• many cotton fields

• more women workers

Hiring families and dividing factor work into simple tasks became known as

• Sarah Bagley system

• Rhode Island system

• division system

• family system

To improve pay and working conditions, many workers formed

• bel schedules

• mill towns

• trade unions

• women's clubs

What invention launched the cotton boom in the South?

• the steam engine

• the iron plow

• the weaving loom

• the cotton gin

What event prompted many states to strengthen their slave codes?

• Vesey's Conspiracy

• Turner's Rebellion

• Haiti's Revolution

• Gabriel's Uprising

What have some historians called "the invisible institution"?

• slave rebellion

• the institution of slavery

• slave religion

• the punishment of slaves

Slaves told family histories and ________ to preserve their heritage and help them survive slavery.

• jokes

• folktales

Because of cotton farming in the South,

• other cash crops were not necessary

• tobacco was no longer produced

• slavery became an institution in the South

• there was no development of industry